Dear Shawn,
One of the flight attendant tricks of the trade I always impart to other travelers, especially the new-hire flight attendants, is something I learned on a layover in San Diego. It was a long layover, with plenty of time to get out and explore. The crew I had flown in with had their own plans, so I did so on my own. Someone had told me of a place for pizza to die for in nearby Little Italy. I love to die for pizza, so I went in. It was a nice place and the pie really was to die for!
The pie was also large, so I ate only a third of it and took the rest back to my hotel room. With no refrigerator, I had to take a plastic bag, fill it with ice, place it on a towel on top of the pizza box, and then cover the whole thing with more towels. Doing this keeps it insulated over night. The next day, I would be on a plane that had a fridge on it, so I could keep it cold until we landed back in San Francisco, where I could get home and heat it up in the oven for a fantastic dinner!
I'd worked hard on keeping my sweet pizza pie cold, and when I got home, I realized that I had left it in that damned fridge on the plane. I was crushed!
What did I learn from this? Some people leave themselves notes. Some are just good about remembering things. Others do what I did, and often just leave things behind. But I did learn something from my tragic mistake.
Now, when I have something stowed separately from my bags, I leave a zipper open. I have created a healthy habit of looking at all my bags as I walk up the jetway to the terminal. If I see a zipper open, I know something is out of my bags. I do this with my wallet, my passport, my computer and cords, and with food or drink. If I need to remember anything at all, I only have to look at my bags. It's amazing what a simple zipper unzipped can help you remember!
One of the flight attendant tricks of the trade I always impart to other travelers, especially the new-hire flight attendants, is something I learned on a layover in San Diego. It was a long layover, with plenty of time to get out and explore. The crew I had flown in with had their own plans, so I did so on my own. Someone had told me of a place for pizza to die for in nearby Little Italy. I love to die for pizza, so I went in. It was a nice place and the pie really was to die for!
The pie was also large, so I ate only a third of it and took the rest back to my hotel room. With no refrigerator, I had to take a plastic bag, fill it with ice, place it on a towel on top of the pizza box, and then cover the whole thing with more towels. Doing this keeps it insulated over night. The next day, I would be on a plane that had a fridge on it, so I could keep it cold until we landed back in San Francisco, where I could get home and heat it up in the oven for a fantastic dinner!
I'd worked hard on keeping my sweet pizza pie cold, and when I got home, I realized that I had left it in that damned fridge on the plane. I was crushed!
What did I learn from this? Some people leave themselves notes. Some are just good about remembering things. Others do what I did, and often just leave things behind. But I did learn something from my tragic mistake.
Now, when I have something stowed separately from my bags, I leave a zipper open. I have created a healthy habit of looking at all my bags as I walk up the jetway to the terminal. If I see a zipper open, I know something is out of my bags. I do this with my wallet, my passport, my computer and cords, and with food or drink. If I need to remember anything at all, I only have to look at my bags. It's amazing what a simple zipper unzipped can help you remember!
Haaaaaaa....as long as it isn't your pants zipper...great idea!
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